“It’s kind of like if you have a lottery ticket and you’re matching the numbers and you have the numbers match up until the last one and you need the last one to win the pot,” said Doell.

“Think about how that would feel if you had a lottery ticket and the very first number decided it for you. You have time to process .”

Doell says an emotional roller coaster — like the game last night — can take a toll on both your physical and mental well-being.

“If you were just watching your typical show on Netflix last night, your heart rate was probably pretty stable. But last night, were tensing up at the big moments, jumping up and down, screaming,” he said.

“Your heart rate your physical response to stress was kicking in, and it was going up and down.”

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Doell also speculates that most viewers probably drank alcohol during the game, which would also contribute to the “hangover” feeling today.

“It’s not a typical viewing experience, and having a couple of drinks compounds it,” he said.

“Your system has been really stressed, and the next day with an emotional and physical hangover.”

Olympic high jumper and sports psychologist Dr. Nicole Forrester agrees — last night’s game probably left fans in a state of over-stimulation.

“If you think in terms of the physiological responses that might happen, it’s the old adage of ‘fight or flight,'” she said.

“You’re going to have an increased heart rate, you’re going to have adrenaline surging through your bloodstream… You may have increased blood pressure or heavy breathing — the gamut runs really, really high.”

Forrester likens this to the physiological reaction many of the Toronto Raptors players likely had on the court last night.

The difference, she says, is that they’re professional athletes, and they’ve been taught how to manage the side effects so they don’t get in the way of play.